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Mission
Communications · LEO
Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRIDIUM 45 1997-082A | Payload | 377 × 464 km · 86.3° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 24 1997-082B | Payload | 744 × 756 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 47 1997-082C | Payload | re-entered 2018-09-01 | |
| IRIDIUM 48 1997-082D | Payload | re-entered 2001-05-05 | |
| IRIDIUM 49 1997-082E | Payload | re-entered 2018-02-13 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1997-082F | Rocket body | re-entered 1998-06-24 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082G | Debris | re-entered 1998-02-17 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082H | Debris | re-entered 2020-08-12 |
Show all 19 objects
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082J | Debris | 747 × 751 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082K | Debris | re-entered 2015-01-29 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082L | Debris | 690 × 862 km · 86.3° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082M | Debris | re-entered 2023-03-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082N | Debris | re-entered 2015-05-22 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082P | Debris | 576 × 649 km · 86.0° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082Q | Debris | 653 × 837 km · 86.3° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082R | Debris | re-entered 2018-11-24 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082S | Debris | re-entered 2015-03-29 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082T | Debris | re-entered 2024-02-28 | |
| IRIDIUM 47 DEB 1997-082U | Debris | re-entered 2024-12-10 |
COSPAR ID 1997-082. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).